Patents Assigned to ENER1 Battery Company
  • Patent number: 6858346
    Abstract: An organic salt having an alkali metal bound to a disubstituted amide of alkane iminosulfinic acid has the following general formula: where Ar is an aromatic group, M is an alkali metal such as Li, K or Na, and CxHy is an alkane. The organic salt can be used to form non-aqueous liquid and gel or plasticized polymer electrolytes. The electrolytes can be used to form improved lithium and lithium ion batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: ENER1 Battery Company
    Inventors: Elena Shembel, Ivan V. Koval, Tat'yna G. Oliynik, Oleg V. Chervakov, Peter Novak
  • Patent number: 6803152
    Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolyte additive includes an organosilicon backbone including at least one ethylene oxide (CH2CH2O) unit, at least two pyridinium groups bound to the backbone, the pyridinium groups each bound to at least one halogen ion or halogen-containing anion. The additive is useful for forming improved liquid and polymer electrolytes for lithium ion and lithium metal batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: ENER1 Battery Company
    Inventors: Elena M. Shembel, Oleg V. Chervakov, Natalya I. Globa, Peter Novak